Umxhasi kaDonald Trump kunye no-Milwaukee Sheriff uDavid Clarke bakhe iprofayili yelizwe ngokubhengeza ngokuphandle imfazwe kwi-Black Lives Matter intshukumo, ukusuka kumgangatho we. Ingqungquthela yesizwe yeRiphabliki kumaphepha e amajelo eendaba esizwe, kanye kanye ukuvakalisa kumajelo eendaba ezentlalo ukuba abaqhankqalazi bobuhlanga baya "kujoyina amandla" kunye ne-ISIS.
Ngoku ukuba abanye abahlali baseMilwaukee baqhube iintsuku zokuvukela ubundlobongela bamapolisa emva kokubulawa kwepolisa elineminyaka engama-23 ubudala uSylville K. Smith, uClarke ulungisa intetho yakhe. Ngexesha a ikhonfirensi yepresi ngeCawe, wasebenzisa ulwimi olucalula ubuhlanga ngempempe, esithi "iingxaki zasezidolophini kufuneka ziqwalaselwe ukuze kucuthwe ukukhula kwabantu abakumgangatho ophantsi." UClarke uqhubekile nokuxoxa ukuba, ukusuka eBaltimore ukuya eFerguson ukuya eMilwaukee, kukho "imfazwe kumapolisa," kwaye wenza isifungo sokwandisa ukuqhatha kwakhe abaqhankqalazi. Ngeli xesha, uGov. Scott Walker ngeCawa wathi imeko yonxunguphalo yaze yavula unogada wesizwe ngokuchasene nabaqhankqalazi.
Kodwa kwisixeko esiye sahlala ebizwa eyona ndawo yahlulwe kakhulu edolophini eMelika, abaqhankqalazi abanomsindo babalisa ibali elahlukileyo, lemfazwe evunywe ngurhulumente ngokuchasene nabahlali abamnyama abahluphekayo. Lo mbono wachazwa nguSedan Smith, owathi wazichaza kwivenkile yengingqi i-CBS 58 njengomzalwana kaSylville Smith.
“Ngamapolisa. Yiyo le ke impambano le bayivusayo. Yiloo nto abayikhuthazayo. Yiloo nto ke abayixhokonxayo. Le nto ufumana. Uthatha umntu omthandayo entweni, nantsi into oyifumanayo, ”utshilo uSmith ngoMgqibelo, emi kwivenkile ethengisa izixhobo zemoto evutha amadangatye. “Andazi ukuba iza kuphela nini. Kodwa kukuba nonke niqale. Asinguye osibulalayo. Nisibulala nonke. Asinakwenza utshintsho ukuba anitshintshi.”
Ngaphambi kokuba uSylville Smith abulawe, uMilwaukee wayesele erhoxa kwipolisa laseMilwaukee uChistopher Manney's. lokubulala kaDontre Hamilton, indoda emnyama egula ngengqondo, enemipu eyi-14 ngo-2014. Ngelixa uManney wagxothwayo kwisikhundla sakhe, akazange ajongane nezityholo zokubulala, kwaye abahlali baseMilwaukee benza uqhanqalazo lweBlack Lives Matter bekhalazela ukungohlwaywa kwakhe.
Abaqhankqalazi abasiya ezitalatweni namhlanje bathi ubundlobongela bamapolisa kubahlali abantsundu baseMilwaukee lusahleli luyinkqubo. “Uyayibona ingqumbo, umsindo nodano nje loluntu oluthe lwathwaxwa bubundlavini nengcinezelo egameni lenkqubo yengcinezelo yamapolisa, engazange ibonakale ngathi ayinakubekwa tyala ngokuthatha ubomi, njengoko watshoyo lo mfana. , yababathandayo,” uMuhibb Dyer, itshantliziyo loluntu kunye nomseki wombutho iFlood the Hood with Dreams, xelelwe Idemokhrasi Ngoku.
Kodwa eMilwaukee, ukungabikho kokusesikweni kwabantu abantsundu kudlulela ngaphaya komsebenzi wamapolisa. A 2013 isifundo osuka kwiYunivesithi yaseWisconsin eMilwaukee ufumanise ukuba urhulumente unelona zinga liphezulu lokuvalelwa kwamadoda amnyama kweli lizwe kumyinge we-13 ekhulwini. Ingxelo yababhali uJohn Pawasarat kunye noLois M. Quinn qaphela:
Inani labantu basentolongweni eWisconsin liphindaphindeke kathathu ukusukela ngo-1990, likhuthazwa kukwanda kwenkxaso-mali karhulumente yokunyanzeliswa kweziyobisi (endaweni yonyango) kunye nokwakhiwa kwentolongo, imithetho yogwayimbo oluthathu, imithetho yesigwebo esisinyanzelo esisinyanzelo, isigwebo senyaniso esithatha indawo yokugweba ekubekeni izohlwayo. , ukugxininiswa kobupolisa kuluntu lwabambalwa, kunye nokuvalelwa kurhulumente ngenxa yovavanyo olungephi kunye nokwaphulwa kohlolo. Abachaphazeleka ngakumbi yayingamadoda ase-Afrika aseMelika, ngoBalo luka-2010 lwase-US olubonisa ukuba iWisconsin inelona zinga liphezulu lokubanjwa kwamadoda amnyama esizweni. KwiNqila yaseMilwaukee ngaphezu kwesiqingatha samadoda ase-Afrika aseMelika akwiminyaka yawo yama-30 achithe ixesha kwintolongo karhulumente.”
Akumangalisi ukuba uhlahlo lwabiwo-mali lweWisconsin izabelo ngaphezulu kokuvalelwa kunasesikolweni. Ezine ngaphandle qho ezintlanu Abantwana base-Afrika-baseMelika eMilwaukee bahlala kwintlupheko.
A umbiko ekhutshwe kulo nyaka uphelileyo yiYunivesithi yaseCalifornia eLos Angeles yafumanisa ukuba izikolo zaseMilwaukee zibanqumamisa abafundi abamnyama phantse kabini kumndilili wesizwe. Okwangoku, iWisconsin inalo owona msantsa wokuphumelela umbi phakathi kwabafundi abamhlophe nabamnyama eUnited States, enkosi kakhulu kwisistim yesikolo sikarhulumente saseMilwaukee, esihlawulwe ngokucwangcisiweyo saza sathengiswa kwindawo yabucala ngaphezu kweminyaka engamashumi amabini.
Iyantlukwano ngokobuhlanga inabela ekubolekeni izindlu. Uphononongo olukhutshwe ngoJulayi yiNational Community Reinvestment Coalition fu maneka, “KuMmandla woBalo weNqila waseMilwaukee, abamhlophe bamela ama-70 ekhulwini abemi, ukanti bafumana ama-81 ekhulwini emali-mboleko. Abantu base-Afrika baseMelika bangama-16 ekhulwini abantu kodwa bafumana iipesenti ezine kuphela zeemali mboleko.
I-NPR yaseKenya Downs ibhale i inqaku kunyaka ophelileyo ephakamisa umbuzo, "Kutheni iMilwaukee imbi kangaka kubantu abamnyama?" UDowns ubhale wathi: “IMilwaukee sisixeko esidlamkileyo esaziwa ngokuba ngutywala kunye neminyhadala yobuhlanga kwaye inokuba yindawo entle yokuhlala - ngaphandle kokuba umnyama. Ngokwezibalo, yenye yezona ndawo zimbi elizweni ukuba abantu base-Afrika baseMelika bahlale. ”
Xa iBaltimore yagqabhuka imvukelo Kunyaka ophelileyo emva kokubhubha ngobundlobongela kukaFreddie Grey eselugcinweni lwamapolisa, abaqhankqalazi babenomsindo, uninzi lwabo ilulutsha oluntsundu. iidemon ngokubanzi. Ukanti uphando olusanda kukhutshwa kwiSebe lezoBulungisa kwisebe lamapolisa kweso sixeko luyingqina ingqumbo yabaqhankqalazi, libhentsisa izenzo ezimanyumnyezi zogcino-mthetho kuluntu lwabantsundu abangathathi ntweni, kuquka ukuxhatshazwa, ubundlobongela nokuthotywa kwesidima.
Ngoku, njengabalingane babo e-Baltimore, ulutsha oluntsundu lwaseMilwaukee lwenziwa iidemon njengezigebenga kunye nezigebenga lisebe lamapolisa eliphathiswe ukubakhusela nokubakhonza. Exhaswe liphulo likamongameli eliphenjelelwa yintiyo, uSheriff Clarke uyandisa inkuthazo yakhe ekhohlakeleyo ngokuchasene nabantu yena kunye nesixeko sakhe abasileleyo.
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“Abo bamkela ububi ngokungakhathali babandakanyeke kakhulu kubo njengabo bancedisayo ekububangeleni. Abo bamkela ububi ngaphandle kokubuchasa ngokwenene banentsebenziswano nabo.”
"Uhlanga oluqhubeka unyaka ngeminyaka ukuchitha imali emininzi ekukhuselweni kwempi kunokuba kwiinkqubo zokuphakanyiswa kwezenhlalakahle zisondela ekufeni komoya."
"Owona mlinganiselo wendoda awukho apho emi khona ngamaxesha okuthuthuzela, kodwa apho emi ngamaxesha omngeni kunye neengxabano."
‘Isiphithiphithi lulwimi olungaviwayo’.
UMartin Luther King.